Homotypic Heterotypic Alchornea ilicifolia, commonly known as the native holly, is a bush of eastern Australia.

[4][5][6] They are ovate or rhomboidal in shape with three or four acute lobes on each side, each of which is armed with a sharp spine.

[5] The botanist John Smith originally described this species as Caelebogyne ilicifolia in 1839, from three specimens collected by Allan Cunningham in 1829.

[2] The generic name Alchornea honours the English botanist Stanesby Alchorne,[8] while the species epithet ilicifolia refers to the holly-like leaves (Ilex).

[4][5][6] Alchornea ilicifolia is a host plant for the larvae of the common albatross butterfly and the moth Dichomeris mesoctenis.